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Collation is a set of rules that tell database engine how to compare and sort the character data in SQL Server. Collation can be set at different levels in SQL Server.

According the SQL Server Books Online, the characters included in range searches depend on the sorting rules of the collation. Collation Latin1GeneralCSAS uses dictionary order so both upper and lower case characters of the specified range are included.

However here are the settings we typically recommend: Set the default collation to SQLLatin1GeneralCP1CIAS. Ensure that you have SQL Server running in Case Insensitive mode. We use NCHAR, NVARCHAR string types so all data is unicode, so no character set is specified.

Default server-level collation is SQLLatin1GeneralCP1CIAS. If you are migrating databases from SQL Server to Managed Instance, check the server collation in the source SQL Server using SERVERPROPERTY(N'Collation') function and create a Managed Instance that matches the collation of your SQL Server.

You can use the COLLATE clause to apply a character expression to a certain collation. Character literals and variables are assigned the default collation of the current database. Column references are assigned the definition collation of the column.

MSDN states COLLATE DATABASEDEFAULT clause casts the collation of an expression, column definition, or database definition to inherit the collation of the "current database". To complement MSDN, the "current database" is the context of the database where the query is executed.

If you do not specify a collation, the column is assigned the default collation of the database. You can also use the databasedefault option in the COLLATE clause to specify that a column in a temporary table use the collation default of the current user database for the connection instead of tempdb.